I had the long awaited opportunity to visit Iseli Nursery in Oregon this week. It was incredible! The attention to detail and design of the display garden was impressive with its collection of rare and beautiful conifers. The texture, color and movement created with these wonderful plants will turn you into a conifer lover quickly, without one look back at those broadleaf angiosperms. I was … Continue reading Iseli Nursery
As we head into late summer in the garden we begin to see a slow transition. Gone are the dewy daffodils, the misty meadows, the bright spring show of giddy annuals. Arriving is the dry earth, the baking sun and the crowded garden where annuals get pushed out and perennials take center stage. If your petunias are petering out or your geraniums have been dead-headed … Continue reading Fantastic Flowers for the August Garden
Watching a lilac bloom in August is exciting. It’s usually a spring thing, but now the show is going longer. It’s joining the club of other re-blooming plants: roses, azaleas and weigela. It produces flowers in spring and then again in mid-summer until frost. It reaches about 4 feet tall and wide and is also deer resistant. Grow in full sun for the best … Continue reading Bloomerang Lilac
Any garden with a large wooden squid swimming through a field of grass is my kind of place. I’ve always had a fascination for these slippery cephalopods. It began with those stories of the giant squid that lurked in the depths of the oceans. As a kid I imagined huge monsters, as big as my bedroom with large glowing eyes and night black ink. I … Continue reading Swimming With the Squid at VanDusen Gardens
A visit to the Woodland Park Rose Garden in June is like walking through a dream. Time stands still. Surrounded by fragrance, unforgettable. Glowing light and soft petals, heavy with raindrops, bowing down to the earth. Peaceful people, unhurried, smiling. One of my favorite dreams. Continue reading Woodland Park Rose Garden
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